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Texturing of Old Paper

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:51:47 +0000

3DTotal - "For one of my projects I had to draw 7 absolutely different old paper textures. During my search of proper paper material I came up to the idea that I would rather just draw it myself rather than to spend all the time looking through library archives..."

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50 Most Extreme Free Grunge Fonts

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:28:54 +0000

Web Design Ledger - "Grunge style has been popular for a while now, and it doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. So if creating grunge style designs is your thing, then you are in luck. Here are 50 free grunge fonts that should fit almost any of your grungy typographic needs..."

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Grunge Photo Edges

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:48:39 +0000

PSHero - "In this Photoshop tutorial I'm going to show you a quick and effective way to create a cool photo edge effect using a single Photoshop grunge brush and a series of clipping masks. You should already know how to load Brushes into Photoshop and how to rotate those brushes in the Brushes palette..."

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35 Free Hi-Res Fire, Flame and Firework Textures

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:18:56 +0000

Design Shard - "Free Hi-Res fire and flame texture pack (1600 x 1064), i took the opportunity to take these on bonfire night when there are plenty of open flames, the pack contains 35 Textures in total..."

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Create and Then Shatter a Grid, while Making a Typographic Poster

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:16:07 +0000

PSD Tuts - "Let's get our own share of typography with this dark and grungy poster. No, this is not your typical design, as we'll be 'breaking the grid' in hope of creating a dynamic and exciting layout. So grab the usual tools of the trade, Photoshop and Illustrator, and follow these steps into creating your own solution..."

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Smoke Type in Photoshop in 10 Steps

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:04:51 +0000

Abduzeedo - "In this tutorial I will show you how to create a smoke typography effect playing with some brushes and adjustment layers. It's a very easy tutorial and you will be able to do the whole process in 5-10 minutes..."

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10 + Free Grunge Style Rust Textures

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:33:00 +0000

2Experts Design - "Website designs with grunge style rustic work seem to be hot trend right away. They also make great visual elements for web design. If you have a project near-term that requires this kind of design, here is a collection of rust textures, collected from deviantArt..."

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Create an Old Envelope in Photoshop

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:08:00 +0000

PSHero - "I've had several requests since posting the Postage Stamp lesson for a follow-up on how to create the envelope used in that tutorial. Well today my Photoshop friends your prayers have been answered. Here's the step by step to creating that cool old envelope..."

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Ultimate Grunge Pack: 40 High-Res Textures

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:19:00 +0000

Web Design Ledger - "If there is one thing that is ubiquitous among almost all grunge web designs, it’s having a good quality grunge texture or dirty background image. I’ve created the following 40 grunge textures to help you in the search for that perfect texture for your designs..."

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Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:54:00 +0000

PSD Tuts - "Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop, but in this tutorial I'll show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. We'll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image..."

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Create a Poster with a Vinyl Record and Grunge Type

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:45:40 +0000

Vector Tuts - "In this tutorial, we'll explain how to create a vinyl record with blends and opacity masks. We'll also create some funky pulsing elements, grunge typography, and put it together into a unique poster design..."

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Free Cardboard Textures

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:57:15 +0000

2Experts Design - "The cardboard textures effects are a hot trend right now in the Web design. There have been several sites lately that incorporate cardboard texture in the design in some way or another. Adding cardboard texture objects to a design can definitely give it an artistic and realistic appearance when done well..."

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Grunge-Style PhotoshopStar Wallpapers

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:52:37 +0000

Photoshop Star - "If you’re interested in grunge-style wallpapers and my little blog at all, you may be interested in these grunge-themed PhotoshopStar wallpapers! I needed a fresh wallpaper so I whipped this up, and since it looked pretty nice I thought I’d share..."

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25 Free Photoshop Grunge Brushes - Volume 1

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:44:08 +0000

You the Designer - "For those of you who want to take the smear, dirt and angst up a notch, get hold of our new selection of Photoshop grunge brushes. You can use it to easily create distortions and decay-inspired designs..."

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Making the Clean Grunge Blog Design

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:37:41 +0000

PSD Fan - "I’m not really sure whether ‘clean grunge’ is an official trend of web design, but in my eyes it’s definitely an important one. For me, clean grunge websites are a combination of the grungy with the functional, the messy with the ordered. The results of this are some of my favorite all time designs..."

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Weather-Beaten Sign

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:51:00 +0000

Layers Magazine - "In this technique we’ll show how to take a crisp, clean vector image, place it onto an old weatherbeaten surface, and make it appear as if it had been there for years. While we’ve seen different variations on this technique before, we’ll put our own “down & dirty” spin on it..."

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Create a Graphic Statue in Photoshop

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:17:00 +0000

PSD Tuts - "There are a few tutorials available on the Internet that will show you how to make a statue, but I've found that they are not so easy to follow and also the results aren't that great. So using my beloved alternative, I created a tutorial that I think does the job very nicely..."

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Designing Ultra SceneXcore Apparel

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:53:00 +0000

GoMediaZine - "This is a tutorial or a simple how-to guide to help you with your design projects. This is not the end-all, be-all way of doing things. We will try to make what is normally a long and detailed process of creating commercial art into a simple and easy-to-follow guide...

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Photoshop Project: Postcard From Japan, Part 1

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Layers Magazine - "In this tutorial you will learn how to create the look of an aged, hand-tinted photograph by using masks, fill and adjustment layers, blending modes and layer styles. To create the distressed look of the border, you will be using brushes I refer to as texture/grunge brushes..."

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Dirty Elevator Menu Tutorial

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:43:00 +0000

Photoshop GUI Design - "Preparing DVD menu in Photoshop? After reading this tutorial, it would be no problem. Maybe in style of dirty / grunge lift buttons. And what if you don't need DVD menu? Doesn't matter, this tutorial you can use elsewhere, when you are creating menu for www site, or at least for little practising of your knowledges in Photoshop..."

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Grunge Construction in Both Photoshop and Illustrator

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:10:00 +0000

iStockPhoto - "It's all around us; on billboards, flyers, newspapers, even T.V. Scratches, scrapes, dents and cuts. They call it grunge: that nice coat of wear and tear on an image that makes it just right. But getting things this roughed-up isn't as easy as it looks. We've put together a quick course in grunge to let everyone in on this design secret..."

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Collection: Grunge Icons

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:50:00 +0000

Resource Pile - "Grunge design has been going on for years, but one less-commonly seen aspect of this is in grungy icons. When developing a grunge-based site design, there are very few sets of decent grungy icons to be found. Here’s our list of the best..."

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Free Grunge Photoshop Brushes

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:05:00 +0000

Digital Revolutions - "Digital Revolutions is proud to announce the release of our latest batch of free photoshop brushes. This time, the pack is full of 12, hi-resolution grunge brushes that can be used in a variety of ways to spice up your designs. Grunge is a popular theme in art, and these free brushes can help you out..."

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Grunge Borders in Adobe Illustrator CS3

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:18:00 +0000

Layers Magazine - "There has been a surge of “grunge” effects lately that have been created using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. So here’s one more effect for your arsenal of grunge effects. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to create a custom brush and use it to create a really cool border mask in Illustrator, allowing you to apply it to a photo or graphic without affecting the original image. You can then take this mask and use it with any graphic that you want. It’s simply a matter of getting used to working in mask mode..."

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Creating A Grunge Signature In Photoshop

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:00:00 +0000

PhotoshopForce - "In this tutorial you will learn the basics of creating a basic grunge signature in photoshop. The tips and techniques taught in this article can be applied to creating backgrounds for your webpages, or web page headers. These are techniques that have been developed by people all over the world that use photoshop to create signatures, and banners..."

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